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	Cisco stays the network virtualization course Cisco this week responded to all the scuttlebutt in the industry around big data center vendors buying network virtualization companies, and the impact it will have on Cisco in terms of competition and partnerships. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed The Key to Effective Private Clouds A crucial element to any private cloud is the ability to provide reliable application performance and data transfer over the WAN. What's more, additional bandwidth won't' solve performance problems caused by latency. See how key features in WAN optimization can make the difference between a private cloud success or failure. Learn More In this Issue NASA Mars Curiosity mission madness Heated debate over stalled cybersecurity bill pits pro-defense Democrats vs. hands-off Republicans The NSA's acceptance of hackers at Defcon marks progress for information security Nokia preps to sell Qt, but not before Elop screws it up Microsoft Codenames: A Visual History Social discovery smartphone apps gaining popularity INSIDER Webroot's big cloud gamble Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances AirTight: From WIPS to EWLS WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Avoid Common Packet Delivery Issues across the WAN Packet loss is increasingly problematic for companies looking to lower DR costs by performing data replication over the WAN. This paper discusses the inaccuracies of measuring packet loss with ICMP (i.e. ping method) and explains how to mitigate this risk with proper packet loss measuring tools. Learn more. NASA Mars Curiosity mission madness A quick look at the NASA Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover mission Read More Heated debate over stalled cybersecurity bill pits pro-defense Democrats vs. hands-off Republicans The cybersecurity bill that went down Thursday to legislative defeat shows the deep schism in Congress that had Democrats siding with traditional national-security defense hawks, and Senate Republicans, who toppled the bill, largely siding with businesses that didn't want government foisting new regulations on them. Read More The NSA's acceptance of hackers at Defcon marks progress for information security At last year's GFIRST summit in Nashville, I participated in a panel discussion on the role of threats to federal information systems. All of us on the panel held differing views regarding individual types of threats; sometimes the audience gave our responses a polite round of applause, and other times, mild groans and the occasional hiss were heard when a panelist said something particularly controversial.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Send Less Data across the WAN Because WAN deduplication works on all IP traffic, it plays a key role in a variety of IT initiatives including server consolidation, virtualization, and application delivery. Learn how this proven technology can dramatically improve the performance, reliability, and efficiency of data backup and recovery. Learn more. Nokia preps to sell Qt, but not before Elop screws it up Word from Australia is that Nokia is shutting down the Brisbane office that has worked on the open-source graphical interface framework Qt in preparation to sell off the framework. Read More Microsoft Codenames: A Visual History In its 37 years, Microsoft has not only created technologies that have shaped our world, it has also offered up some of the most memorable codenames in the tech business. Read More Social discovery smartphone apps gaining popularity Technology workers of Silicon Valley are embracing social apps to find like-minded people nearby and to let VC's know if they are in the neighborhood. IDG tested some apps to see which ones got the quickest response time. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bradford Networks BYOD Deluge This white paper will explore network access control (NAC) and mobile device management (MDM) and how together they can enable IT departments to effectively oversee devices and the network in this new era of IT consumerization. Learn more. INSIDER Webroot's big cloud gamble Anti-malware vendor Webroot has bet the company on cloud. Read More Hospital networks take key role in health care as IT makes further clincial advances The health care industry's increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless medical devices and personal mobile technology has turned hospital networks into important components in patient treatment. Practicing medicine now requires maintaining constant wireless connectivity and possibly managing wired network traffic if doctors and nurses are to fully leverage health IT according to health care professionals. Read More AirTight: From WIPS to EWLS Airtight Networks has been one of the leading suppliers of wireless intrusion protection systems (WIPS) since their founding, and is best known for their SpectraGuard Enterprise security system. SpectraGuard Enterprise consists of a server with a Web-based console and "scanners" that act as sensors. As it turns out, the difference between a scanner and an access point (AP) is fairly minimal; indeed,... Read More
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